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l F. H. BASSETT. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 448,625. Patented Mar. 24, 1891i.

` l Efeel. ff Ba sse iTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. H. BASSETT, OFSARANAO LAKE, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,625, dated March24, 1891. Application filed July 3l, 1890. Serial No. 360,497. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRED. H. BASSETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saranac Lake, `in the county of Franklin and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofthe curtain-fixture set forth in Letters Patent- No. 411,7 65, grantedme September 24, 1889, and to provide a simple and inexpensivecurtain-fixture that can be readily stamped or quickly bent into propershape, and thereby avoid the necessity of employing castings and tubularmetal, which are expensive.

The invention consists ofthe construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated iu theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a` window providedwith a curtain-fixture constructed in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view. Fig.4 is a detail perspective view of one of the operatingrods. Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the springcatch. Fig. 6 is a similar View of amodification. Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the link-plates.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a window havingsecured to the sides of its frame guide-rods 2, provided at their upperends with eyes 3, through which pass screws that secure the upper endsof the rods to the sides of the window-frames, and the lower ends of therods are secured to knees 4, and have secured to them spring-catches 5,which secure the free ends of the operatingrods 6, that carry thecurtain-roller 7 and the curtain S and enable the same Jro be adjustedvertically. The spring catches 5 are constructed of nietal and areprovided at their inner ends with perforations 9 to receive the threadedends of the guide-rods, and the catches are retained on the rods by nuts10 and are provided at their sides with integral spring-ar1ns 11, whichextend beyond the body o1' the catch and have theirends 12 bent upon thelatter at any desired point, and the said,

guide-rod is curved at 15 and extends around the outer face of theadjacent end of the roller and is provided a short distance from the eye14 with a bend `16, from which depends a link-plate, forming a bracketto support the curtain-roller. Thelink-plate17isconstructed of sheetmetal and is twisted intermediate of its ends, so that the upper andlower portions are arranged in vertical planes at right anl gles to eachother, and the upper portion is provided with an opening 1S to receivethe rod 6, and thelower portion is provided with a slot 19, adapted forthe reception of a journal 20, extending longitudinally from the end ofthe curtain-roller 7, and the upper end of the slot 19 is enlarged andforms a mouth 2l, which permits the enlarged end or head 22 ofthejournal to be passed through it to bring the neck portion between thehead and the end of the curtain-roller into engagement with the slot 19.

The lower end of the curtain 8 is provided with weights 23, which arecounterbalanced by weights 24, provided with central openings 25 andsliding vertically on the guide-rods 2 and secured to the lower ends ofcords 26, which have their upper ends att-ached to the curtain-rollerand arranged in annular grooves 27 and adapted to be wound on thecurtainroller in a direction the reverse of that of the curtain, wherebywhen the curtain is wou'nd upon the roller the cord will be unwound andthe weights lowered, and vice versa. By this construction the curtain isperfectly balanced and can be readily adjusted and raised and lowered bylifting either of the sets of weights, which will cause the other set toactuate the curtain-roller. The weights may be of any desirable form andare preferably ornamental, and those at the lower end of the curtain mayform handles for raising and lowering the curtain. The spring-catches 5hold the lower ends ot' the operating-rods in and cause the eyes or loop14 to bind upon the guide-rod, thereby holding the curtain at any pointof adjustment.

In Fig. (i of the drawings is illustrated a modification of spring-catchconstructed of wire.

Fro n1 the foregoing d escription the construction, operation, andadvantages of the invention will readily be understood, and it will beseen that the castings of the above-nientioned patent are dispensed withand rods are employed in the construction of the guide and operatingrods, which parts are readily formed and are exceedingly inexpensive.

Havingdescribed iny invention,what I claim 1s- 1. In a curtain-iixture,the combination of the guide-rod provided at the upper end with an eye,the operating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop toreceive the guide-rod and enable the operating-rod to inove verticallythereon, said operating-rod being curved at 15 and provided with a bend1G, the curtain-roller suspended from the operating-rod and movingtherewith, and suitable means for securing the ends of the operating andguide rods, substantially as described.

2. In a cuitain-Xture, the combination of the guide-rod, theoperating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop to receivethe guide-rod and being curved at 15, the curtain-roller suspended fromthe operating-rod, and the spring-catch provided at its inner end with aperforation adapted to receive the guide-rod and having the lower end ofthe latter secured to it and provided with spring-arms adapted toreceive and retain the free end of the operating-rod, substantially asdescribed.

In a curtain-fixture, the combination of the guide-rod, theoperating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop to receivethe guide-rod and being curved at 15 and provided with the bend 16, thelink-plate suspended from the bend 15 and having its upper portionarranged at right angles to its lower portion and provided with anopening, the lower portion being provided with a slot 19, thecurtain-roller provided with a journal arranged to engage the slot, andsuitable means for securing the lower ends of the op erating and guiderods, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto alitixediny signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. H. BASSETT. I'Vtnesses:

F. M. BULL, FRANK E. KENDALL.

